"You can see me right?"My eyebrows creased on her statement. What did she mean that I can see her? Isn"t that obvious? Is there any kind of deeper meaning behind her words? Now I am so troubled about what she is saying to me.
"Umm, yes. Isn"t that obvious? It"s normal since I have eyes."
"No! That is not normal! No one can see me and basically, I don"t exist in their eyes so how can they see me?"
"Wait, we can discuss that later then. Cla.s.s is starting soon right?"
"No, I heard that the teachers allowed the students to self-study right now so we can talk right now. But we should talk to a secluded area."
Although suspicious of what she was about to do, I comply and followed her. Eventually, we arrived in a cla.s.sroom that is not used by anyone. What made me shocked is that she pa.s.sed through the door. Normally, if I was a normal person, I would eventually freak out but after becoming a Magician, I no longer felt the shock of something similar to this. Now I know why she is not seen by others.
As soon as I entered the room, I saw her sitting on a chair and looking outside the room by the window.
"No wonder you said that it is not normal for someone to see you. It"s because you are already a soul. Did you already die?"
"No. My original body is currently in a hospital and is in a coma. Of course, I can"t return to my body so here I am."
"Wait, shouldn"t you be near your body?"
"I was at first but soon, something else occupied my body. I can"t get inside anymore and after that, many people started to forget my existence. Also, I am someone who cannot be seen by many people at all and even those people who can see ghosts cannot even see me. The only one who can see me is only you."
"Uh... I am not sure if what you are saying is true. First, how can you prove to me that you are in a coma? And second, how would I know that you are not some vengeful spirit doing some pranks on me?"
"I am not capable of doing any of that. And also, I did not die yet so why would I do that? All I want is to retrieve my body back. Since you are the only person who can see me."
"Hold on. First, I don"t have any idea how I can help you with that problem of yours and second, I am not some paranormal expert that is capable of doing what they usually do. I am just a student!"
"Please. You are the only who I can ask for help right now. I still wanted to get my body back."
I fell silent and don"t know what to do. She is a troubled soul and if I let her be, it might cause her to become a vengeful spirit which is akin to a person awakening his dark magic. Still, it is not my final call on this one and I am not sure if this kind of work is also within the scope of my mission.
"Alright. But I have to ask someone for advice. This person has more ideas in doing things with this kind of thing so might as well ask her for some things that might allow you to get back to your body. Are you okay with that?"
"As long as I can return to my body, I will do anything."
"Then that is settled. By the way, what is your name? My name is f.u.kuyama Kazuma."
"Oh, I almost forgot about that. Sorry, I am Akazaki Mirai. You can call me Mirai if you want."
"Shall we get going then?"
...
Mirai followed me until we reached the Princ.i.p.al"s office. She is the only one I know that is currently a higher ranking magician in this place and besides, she is one of the Councilors of the council so she would definitely know something right?
"The Princ.i.p.al"s office? You know someone in here?"
"Yeah. The princ.i.p.al is someone that might help you be able to return to your body. But I am not sure if she can help. There is no guarantee on it."
"I will be fine. As long as there is a small chance for me to get back to my body, I would find a solution on it eventually."
I turned the doork.n.o.b and I saw Asuza Hebisu currently solving sudoku on a newspaper clipping. When she saw me opening the door, she smiled and put down her pen.
"Come to Kazuma. Let your friend in too. What"s on your mind today?"
"Wait? You can see her?"
"You can see me?"
"Of course. You are not John Cena, aren"t you?"
"Uh... no."
"Then the answer is yes. I can see you fine. Why? What is it?"
"Huh? But she just said that other people can"t see her and even those people with the special gift to see her is currently not able to even detect her presence."
"You already forgot what we are Kazuma? We are a unique existence in this place and these kinds of things are nothing to us. We transcend what humans call common sense so this kind of thing is just a pretty normal thing and we are not limited to it."
"Wait! You two are not humans?"
Asuza smiled at Mirai. "Yes and no."
"What do you mean?"
"Basically, we are still humans but we are no longer the same humans that are mortals. We have transcended mortality a long time ago so I am sure I am not human either."
"Ebisu-sensei, is it okay to say that to her? She is not one of us and it might violate our rules!"
"No worries Kazuma. She is no longer a human either so it is alright to do so."
"Huh?"
"As soon as you have left your mortal body, you no longer belonged to the mortal category so that means that the rules that we abide are not applicable to her."
"Hmmm, that makes a bit of sense," I nodded.
"Uh...care to fill me what was going on?"
"You see, lady, we are known as magicians. We use magic and uses arcane things. We are not humans, to begin with, because mortals can"t use magic yet."
"Magicians? As in, the magicians that perform magic shows?" Mirai asked.
"Nope, we are not relying on the sleight of hands. We rely on our powers," I explained.
"Huh?"
I demonstrate and quickly cast a small fire out of my hands. Mirai"s eyes bulge seeing the spectacle. She even rubbed her eyes to make sure she is not imagining things but still see a flame on my hands.
"What! How did you do that?"
"It"s called magic. It is what us Magicians use to fight enemies," I explained.
"So, what are the things that you want to ask? I may not be busy but I am unsure if I can answer anything about it."
"Ah, yes. Mirai is looking for a chance to reclaim her body from the body s.n.a.t.c.her. But she has no idea what to do. Do you think you can help her with this one? Because I am unsure if I can get her to return her body."
"Return huh. That wouldn"t be hard but someone else is occupying your current body right now? That is something, serious sh*t girl."
"So, is there any solution?"
"Yes, there is. But it involves different tasks and that would make it a bit harder."